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Home Inspections: The Importance of Maintaining Paint and Sealant Around Exterior Doors

As homeowners, we often prioritize major home projects like roof repairs or HVAC maintenance, but there’s one aspect of home upkeep that often gets overlooked: the condition of the paint and sealant around exterior doors. Smith & Smith Home Inspections, based in Murfreesboro, TN, through experience, understands that maintaining your home’s exterior can significantly affect […]

Home Inspections: Inspecting a Slab for Defects

When buying, selling or performing routine maintenance on a home with a slab, it’s important to be able to identify damaged and/or future problem areas. The slab is the base upon which the entire structure sits, and any defects can lead to significant, costly repairs down the road. At Smith & Smith Home Inspections, we […]

Common Causes of House Fires

Owning a home is a dream come true for many, but it comes with responsibilities that extend beyond mortgage payments and maintenance. One of the most critical aspects of homeownership is ensuring the safety of your property and loved ones from potential hazards, such as house fires. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), […]

Home Inspections: How to Inspect for Termites

Termites, those tiny, silent destroyers, can wreak havoc on your home if left unchecked. Often, they infest a property long before any visible signs emerge, making prevention and early detection crucial. In this blog post, we’ll provide a simple guide on how the average homeowner can inspect their home for termites, empowering you to safeguard […]

5 Easy Ways to Protect Your Crawl Space

At Smith & Smith Home Inspections of Murfreesboro, TN, we strive to inspect every square foot of your home’s crawl space. Your home’s crawl space might be out of sight, but it’s definitely not out of mind when it comes to protecting your property. Often overlooked, crawl spaces can be susceptible to various issues like […]

Home Inspections: What is Radon & Radon Testing

At Smith & Smith Home Inspections of Murfreesboro, TN we offer 48 hour radon monitoring. Radon is a gas that is created when the uranium in the soil underneath a home decays into radioactive atoms, then seeps into the home through cracks in the foundation, crawl spaces, and basements. Radon is considered a Group A […]